The prosecution also demanded that 66-year-old Pak penalty 118,5 billion won (89,6 million euros). "[Park] has violated constitutional values by exploiting presidential authority bestowed by the people for her own benefit", prosecutors told the settlement panel, according to Yonhap. [Full Article...]

Analysis emailed from commodity pricing group S&P Global Platts said, however, that "trade flows have adjusted to avoid massive builds in stocks". OPEC chief Suhail al-Mazrouei said Tuesday he expected the global oil market to be balanced this year, as producers continue to trim production following a 2014 market crash. [Full Article...]

People living near border areas have no other options than to flee and save their lives. While addressing the media, Ahlawat said that the Pakistan Army is continuously carrying out ceasefire violations since February 19, but the army had swung into action and provided immediate relief to the villagers, including food, medicine, drinking water and provisioned sleeping bags. [Full Article...]

After coming under scrutiny by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO ) over its long-running procurement process of the OneSKY system, Airservices has picked Thales to carry out the $1.2 billion air traffic control system overhaul. "Around 75 per cent of the acquisition cost and 95 per cent of the ongoing annual support costs will be to Australian companies", he said. The original completi... [Full Article...]

North Korea's Olympic participation contributed to a prolonged pause in provocations on the Korean Peninsula. "They proved they are not a "rogue state" and also got around sanctions". 2- But like we heard earlier, on Sunday, Kim Yong-chol expressed an openness to talks with the U.S. What can we make of this? The White House says it will wait and see whether a new overture by North Korea for ta... [Full Article...]

R Ashwin is looking forward to play alongside Yuvraj Singh in the forthcoming season of the IPL. "There is no additional pressure on me as such", he declared. This is indeed a proud moment for me, said Ashwin, who is now out-of-favor in India's ODI and T20 scheme of things. He has a total of 100 wickets in 111 games, at an average of 25 and an economy of 6.55. [Full Article...]

He eventually left the field and ended up on Interstate 435, driving in the wrong direction in the northbound lanes. The man drove the ATV along the shoulder and in the median, and at times into oncoming traffic . The local sheriff's office later posted a Twitter message explaining that the man had been taken into custody, and that no risky instruments were found on him. [Full Article...]

There is dissatisfaction in Nagaland for the party and it has put up the candidate in just 17 out of 60 seats. He was instrumental in forging a pre-poll alliance with BJP after the later ditched its 15-year-old ally NPF. Both the Congress and the BJP have been aggressive in their election campaign this time. Much of the action in Meghalaya is expected to be in the Garo Hills where Chief Minister... [Full Article...]

If the iTunes Store is important to first-gen Apple TV owners, they will need to upgrade to second-gen before they can get access to the store again after May 25. This device is an obsolete Apple product and will not be updated to support these security changes. Content already downloaded will continue to play, Apple points out. [Full Article...]

Konami's latest release, Metal Gear Survive , is being slammed for its use of microtransactions. The zombie survival game, essentially Metal Gear only in name and the thinnest of plot setups, is number 6 on United Kingdom sales charts, and isn't selling well. [Full Article...]

Microsoft, which has 100 data centers in 40 countries, was the first American company to challenge a domestic search warrant seeking data held outside the United States. The Supremes' early opinions on the matter were released to the public on Tuesday. "If you try to tinker with this without the tools that - that only Congress has, you are as likely to break the cloud as you are to fix it", ... [Full Article...]

Billy Graham who was often referred to as "America's Pastor" passed away Wednesday at the age of 99. Reverand Graham's body was driven out of his Christian Training Center in Ashville and arrived this afternoon at his library in Charlotte. [Full Article...]

The teenager said: "I don't understand why I can still go in a store and buy a weapon of war, an AR". Trump added: "Highly trained teachers would also serve as a deterrent to the cowards that do this". "This man standing outside of the school the other day doesn't love the children, probably doesn't know the children", Trump added of Peterson. "They love their pupils and students". [Full Article...]

Adelson is a major contributor to the Republican Party, a loyal supporter of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and owner of a popular tabloid in Israel. "President Trump's decision to move the American Embassy to Jerusalem will make our Independence Day celebration even happier", Netanyahu said. Clashes erupted in Gaza and the West Bank earlier on Friday, in a weekly protest against Trum... [Full Article...]

Even the impoverished have a smile on their face. "We made mistakes in the past, but we have learnt from them and selected the right partners now", he said. U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wrote to the U.S. ambassador to India this week to ask for guarantees that the embassy and the State Department will not offer any support to Trump Jr. [Full Article...]

The bill set to approved by Israeli ministers would restrict the rights of churches to deal independently with their own land and also threatens church land around the Jaffa gate of the Old City of Jerusalem. The top clerics blasted the proposed Israeli legislation as "abhorrent... discriminatory and racist", saying that " this reminds us all of laws of a similar nature, which were enacted against... [Full Article...]

Geely's Chairman Li Shufu , who quietly built up the 9.7 percent stake, is now expected to meet Daimler executives in Stuttgart on Monday, a source familiar with the matter said, and hopes to meet top German government officials in Berlin. [Full Article...]